Saturday, March 28, 2015

Three Reasons You Should Have a Clean House in San Jose CA.




Cleaning can be a total pain.  We’re all so busy, and it’s an easy thing to brush to the side when you just don’t seem to have time.  There are tons of reasons, however, to not let this happen and to make sure that you have a clean house 24/7.  You may have to make the time, or alternatively, you could hire a cleaner or a cleaning crew to come by once a week and pick up for you.
 
Here are the top three reasons you should always have a clean home:
 
1.    You’ll be happier!
 
You may try to ignore it, but face it, we all get really annoyed when we’re stuck in a dirty house with no time to clean it up.  It stresses us out when we have to keep pushing these tasks to the side!  Always having a clean house will keep you in a more positive state of mind.
 
2. You’ll be more focused
 
Clutter in your house means clutter in your head.  Psychologically, noticing disorder all around you will lead your mind to become disorganized as well.  When nothing is in place, you will have a hard time ordering your thoughts and managing your work.  It’s much like having an office with papers strewn all over the place.  You never know where anything is, and you’re always fumbling around to look for the things you need.  It’s simply inefficient to live this way.
 
3. You’ll be healthier

There is no doubt that keeping your house clean will keep the bacterial levels down and keep your family healthier.  Particularly in the bathroom and kitchen bacteria has a chance to breed and get into all your things, and your body too.  You’ll want to do a thorough cleaning job, because it’s the little crevices that these little bugs love the most.

 
 A1 Cleaning can offerstress free cleaning at an affordable price that fits your budget. If you are already using a service to clean and when they finish you wonder if they even showed up to clean! Give us a call and, we will not only make your house or business look clean we will get it clean! To get a free quote in the San Jose CA. fill out the request a quote form on our website.

Saturday, March 21, 2015

What some of the dirtiest places in your house?


Oftentimes, we don’t think about how messy certain areas and objects in our homes can get.  We tend to go through our normal cleaning routine, but many of us miss the same problematic areas and end up with battery-infested, disgusting areas.  This can become a health hazard if it isn’t well-considered. 

We’re going to list the top five dirtiest areas of your house so you can be mindful the next time you or a professional cleaning crew are cleaning your home.

#1: The Kitchen

This is pretty gross.  We eat the food that comes from our kitchen, and when we do this, we eat food that’s coming from the dirtiest place in the house.  In most cases, kitchens are much dirtier than bathrooms, believe it or not.

Things like dish towels and sponges are an especially bad haven for bacteria, as they become moist and grow molds and bacteria easily.

In addition, we rarely think about things like faucets, cabinet and drawer handles, refrigerator and microwave doors, and other commonly touched parts of the room. 

Think about this next time you’re preparing a meal, and consider getting a good cleaning job done!

#2: Switches, door handles, door knobs

It seems obvious when you think about it, but when’s the last time you went through the house wiping down these commonly touched areas?  Particularly bad are knobs in bathrooms and from the indoors to the outdoors.

A disinfecting wipe down once a week should do the trick to take care of this problem.

#3 Make-up bag and brushes

Did you know makeup grows bacteria after some time?  We often reuse the same makeup brushes over and over again and never give them a good wipe down.  This is pretty gross, seeing as we’re rubbing these brushes over our face every day. 


Buy a nice make-up brush cleaner and take care of this problem in a breeze!  It doesn’t take long, and it’s much better for your health, and your skin!

Sunday, March 15, 2015

What Do Professional Cleaners Do That You Can’t?




          You may have mulled over the thought of hiring a professional cleaner or team of cleaners to deal with your home or residence when you can’t.  It can be a hard decision to make, especially because it’s tempting to think that professional cleaners really don’t know any more than you do about how to make your space look at its best.

          For casual cleaning needs, perhaps you can do enough.  However, for those with a busy lifestyle or a business to keep up with, having professionals on the job is a huge advantage.  A business should always be presented at its best and “dressed to impress” customers.  It can be hard to maintain this when you’re busy managing all the other aspects of the company.

          For those with a busy lifestyle, it may be impossible to keep up with your cleaning chores.  They tend to be a constant source of strain and stress, and may even hinder you in accomplishing your goals.  A professional team is simply a weight off your shoulders and one less thing you have to worry about in your hectic life.

          There are a number of other advantages to having a cleaning crew.  For one, professional cleaners know the product to use in tough to clean spots.  Certain surfaces could be damaged by certain chemicals, stains may not budge when using one product but may come out in a breeze with another product, and you may not know certain hazards associated with certain chemicals.


          Professional cleaners are educated in all of these areas and are able to make more informed decisions about techniques, products and more.  This coupled with the fact that they provide a no-stress way to enjoy a sparkly space gives a pretty good argument for hiring a professional for your next cleaning job.

Saturday, March 7, 2015

How a Clean Office Puts Clients at Peace

 
 

When it comes to important meetings and prospective clienteles, it’s important to get the entire meeting process done right, from the moment they walk into the door to the handshake as they’re getting ready to leave.

 

Imagine walking into the office of a potential business partner or someone you plan to buy services from, and seeing a dirty floor, dead bugs in the windowsill, smelling a musty smell or seeing papers lying around.  What would be your first thought?

 

Easy, “this person can’t keep themselves together enough to stay clean, how can they handle my business?”. 

 

Convincing a client to purchase your services involves more than just having a good reputation and good conversational skills.  Everything about your business meeting will send a message, and a huge chunk of that message is the setting in which you do your business.

 

Not only is your office or meeting room the first thing a person sees when they walk in, it also sets the tone for the rest of the meeting.  If objects are out of place and it’s clear someone needs to do a cleaning job, immediately you set your client up with low expectations of you.

 

The truth is, it’s important to have a spotless, tidy office building with nothing out of place in any room.  And we all know how impossible that is to achieve.  When you are busy doing business all day, things pile up and the task of cleaning becomes more and more daunting, and more necessary.

 

A cleaning crew is an important investment for the office.  They’re affordable, and they give you a value beyond their cost.  They make your office environment pleasing, professional, impressive, personable and comfortable for you, your employees, and your potential clients.

 

Cleanliness pays off, and A1 Cleaning San Jose wants to provide that value for you.  Give us a call if you don’t already have a cleaning crew of your own and we’ll be happy to set you up with a personalized quote for our services.


Saturday, February 28, 2015

How Organizing Your Space Organizes Your Mind




            For those of us in the world of work and business, stress and a constant lack of time are very familiar topics.  We all know what it feels like to be worried about deadlines, then worry about the amount of stress we’re under, then spend so much time worrying that we aren’t able to make the deadline we intended in the first place

            When we are juggling multiple things and obligations in our heads, we’re more likely to get lost, swimming in the chaos of all the things we have to do.  Though to get everything done may very well not be nearly as hard as we think it is, the very fact that we have so much to keep up with makes the whole situation harder.
            When you get caught up in a cycle such as this, it’s very important to not forget to take care of your surroundings.  Sometimes we end up so busy that we let our homes and offices go, leave dishes undone, leave papers scattered about and leave surfaced unwired and piled with things.  We’re so busy worried about all the other work we must do that we forget the chaos of our home and office space is just contributing to the stress we're under.
            When we walk into an unorganized, messy space, this image is immediately internalized.  Before we can even consider other obligations, we have already been primed with a disorderly setting, and we’re automatically set up to let the rest of our work become cluttered in our heads.
            As backward as it may sound, it’s important to worry about the cleanliness of your space before you start working on the endless projects you must complete.  Trying to work in a disorderly space will slow your work progress down, stress you out, and depletes your work quality.
            Luckily, there are cleaning teams available to take care of your organization needs so you can focus on your work.  Give us a call at A1 Cleaning San Jose if you’re finding yourself drowning in a sea of papers, dirt, and disorganization, and we’ll release that headache for you!

Friday, February 20, 2015

Why Should You Hire Someone Else to Do Your Cleaning?

 

So you know why cleaning is so important and such an essential part to a healthy, successful business or a comfortable home.  You’re aware of the psychological benefits of keeping everything organized and tidy, and you’re driven to make sure you practice those techniques in your everyday life. 

 

But even though you have the money, you’re not sure hiring an outside cleaning crew is the best option.  Who wants other people going through your things, messing everything up?

 

Well - consider that again.  There are a few key benefits to hiring a cleaning crew to take care of your home/business needs, and we’ll lay them out for you:

 

1. Stress-free

 

Let’s face it - we’re all busy.  While decades of old had “housewives” to take care of home cleaning needs, in a more progressive era many women are working out of the home and just as hard as men and have just as little time or patience for housework as them.

 

Children are focused on school and after school activities, employees are busy doing the jobs you’re paying them to do.  And you?  Let’s not even get started on your to do list.

 

Clean spaces is a great ideal, but in actuality, it can be impossible to keep up with.  Hiring a cleaning crew will take one more thing off the  list, and a thing that is important to keep everything else in your life running smoothly.

 

2. Timely and maintained

 

With a regular cleaning crew, you won’t be pushing to get in your cleaning time and dealing with a mess until you can get to it.  Hire a crew for a weekly or monthly clean, and your own maintenance is easy!  It will seem like magic: every week you’ll come into the office or living room and it will be sparkling as if a fairy visited.

 

3. Professional eyes

 

Presumably, you’re not a cleaning expert.  While we can all wipe down a counter or stuff some miscellaneous objects in a closet, only an expert eye will know how to really make your home more neat and efficient.

 

Professionals know how to deal with tough stains, hard to reach areas, difficult organization tasks and they have an eye for a neat environment.   Having a professional do your cleaning will wow you every time, while you’ll probably always find something wrong with your own cleaning job.


Saturday, February 7, 2015

Why a Clean House Means a Happy Life


 
 
 
With the hustle and bustle of modern society, we hardly get to find a moment to stop, take a breath and reflect on things.  Often, when we do find that we actually have time for ourselves, we spend it in a cluttered, messy home which reflects our cluttered, convoluted lives. 
Attempting to relax in a home that has not been maintained is often done in vain.  While we try to sit and relax, meditate, read or reflect, we can’t help but let our minds go back to the floors that need vacuuming, the papers that need to be put away, or the dishes that need to be done.
Household cleaning tasks can get away from us, especially when often it is every member of the household now who works and only wants to relax when they get home.  But did you know that clutter you let build up may be blocking your mind and your emotional tranquility?
Having order in the home is the precursor to having order in your mind.  It’s simply impossible to let go of your obligations when your obligations to clean are sitting right in front of you.
A1 Cleaning San Jose knows how important a clean home is to a happy, tranquil life, but we also know how hard it can be to keep things organized when you’re so busy.  That’s why our company is devoted to cleaning home and office spaces for others at an affordable price.
Having one less thing off your plate will do your mind a load of good all on its own, and that’s not even considering how good you’ll feel coming home to a fresh, good smelling, and shiny house.
Give yourself some time, and hire us to take care of your household cleaning needs. The money is more than worth your peace of mind.